Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-738.7: Definitions
Where this section sits in the code
- OK Code
- Title 63
As used in the Unborn Child Pain Awareness/Prevention Act:
1. "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument,
medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to
terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an
intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to
preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, to remove
an ectopic pregnancy, or to remove a dead fetus who dies as the
result of a spontaneous miscarriage, accidental trauma or a criminal
assault on the pregnant female or her unborn child;
2. "Attempt to perform an abortion" means an act, or an
omission of a statutorily required act that, under the circumstances
as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in
a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance of an
abortion in Oklahoma in violation of the Unborn Child Pain
Awareness/Prevention Act;
3. "Unborn child" means a member of the species homo sapiens
from fertilization until birth;
4. "Medical emergency" means the existence of any physical
condition, not including any emotional, psychological, or mental
condition, which a reasonably prudent physician, with knowledge of
the case and treatment possibilities with respect to the medical
conditions involved, would determine necessitates the immediate
abortion of the pregnancy of the female to avert her death or to
avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily
function arising from continued pregnancy;
5. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in
this state pursuant to Sections 495 and 633 of Title 59 of the
Oklahoma Statutes; and
6. "Probable gestational age" means the gestational age of the
unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed, as
determined by the physician using reasonable probability.
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